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WJWILLSHIRE RILEY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 75,7912, eluted rllffareh 24, 1868. i

IMPROVEMENT 1N GATES.

ttdgehulejmerrei tu it thm-intim irtent zum meting um ut its same Be i tknown that I, W. WILSHIRE RILEY, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin,and State of Ohio, have invented a new Mode of- Constructing andOperating Farm-Gates; and I do hereby decla-re that the following is afull, lclear, and exact description of the construetion and operationofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, m`aking n part ofthis speciicatOn, in which the figure shown in bleek is a side elevationof the 'gate as itwill appear whenclosed, and the figure shown in redrepresents the gate when open. v

The' nature orf my improvement consists in attaching to each end of thegate a. long arm or lever, which is pvoted to the posts, one Aat eachend ofthe gate, and providing these arms withl suitable balances,weights, and

' spring-latches, all so arranged that the gate can be revolved inbetween the posts,land can be fastened either up or down.

Letters A A represent the gate-posits; B, the gate; C C, the arms orlevers, which are pivoted to the posts by means of .a stud-bolt, orotherwise. D D represent the balance-weights, which can be made of wood,boxes Vof sand, iron, or any suitable material, as desired by themanufacturer. E represents a small double lever, forA operating, .bymeans of two iron rods, the two spring-eatches at each end ot'- the gateat the same time. F shows in red the upper spring-catch for holding thegate in itsproper position when open.

What claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-Swinging or revolving the gatev between two posts, by means of twopivoted arms and balance-weights, es shown and deseribod. i I

f W. WILLSHIRE` RILEY. Witnesses:

M. V. B. PITKIN, R. K. Sme.

